Arizona Sheriff Decries Political Vitriol

1/9/2011 12:13PM

Pima County, AZ Sheriff Clarence Dupnik held a press conference during which he blamed vitriolic political rhetoric for provoking the mentally unstable, and lamented Arizona's becoming the "mecca of prejudice and bigotry." Video courtesy of AFP.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

I ... due to ... all ... approach ... and started shooting ... congresswoman Giffords was shot once in the head ... she's still alive ... and the ... surging ... in churches cautiously ... optimistic ... that she may survive ... the twenty two year-old individual ... doesn't have ... of a ... criminal background ... and there ... are reports ... that he was a became a college student and that there had been some ... difficulties with him ... when you when you look at ... I challenge people how they are ... um ... how they respond to the country are all that comes out of certain knowledge about ... tearing down the government ... the anger that she can ... be ... that goes on in this country is getting to be ... all regions ... and unfortunately errors ... I think it's become sort of the capital ... we have become a Mecca ... for prejudice ... and